Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-12

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Yankton, crossing the Missouri there
into Nebraska. He seemed to under
stand the situation exactly and all the
facilities offered for building q bridge
at Yankton. He 0aid he had cent for
their chief engineer, Mir. Spicer, and
expected him in to-day to confer with
him about the survey from Sioux Falls
to Yankton. = Il y We think
that Yankton may consider it o fixed
fact that it 10 TO have that road and o
bridge across the river"
The second letter is from General
Dennis and was written at Bismarck on
the 22nd OF February in reply to one
sent him from Yankton after the arrival
of the letter above quoted from. In this
letter General Dennis Gays:
"In st. Paul Mr.. Powers end myself
called upon Mr.. Hill at his ofice. We
sent in oar cards. He sent out word
that he was engaged, but if W
would, as he very much wanted to see
Us. We waited and our entergiew was
much better than we expected. = 3 =
He said, just as l wrote you, that they
wers going to Sioux Falls and direct to
Yankton and into Nebraska. He talked
with o familiarity Of the river which
would make one think he a an old
citizen. He talked about q low bridge
with q draw, or two draws, somewhere
near Capitol street. And then about q
high bridge farther up the river in the
| vicinity OF Broadway, or, still farther up,
at the chalk rock bluff. 1 think the PEG.
pie of Yankton can congratulate them
selves IN the surety Of this road aud its
crossing at Yankton."
So much for the Duluth & Denver, the
great diagonal artery which will open up
all OF this region to q near lake port,
bring the stone and lumber Of eastern
Dakota and Minnesota within reach of
the prairies Of the southwest and estab-
lish direct communication between
the corn fields of south Dakota and
north Nebraska and the cattle ranges OF
the southwest.
OTHER ROADS,.
There are other railroads pointing
in our direction and not the least impor.
tant of these is one which purposes
running to Ysnkton from LIE Mars
and creating the connecting
link of the shortest route between the far
west and the far east. The latest upon
this subject comes from the LeMars
Globe, which says;
The LeMars, Akron & Yankton rail-
road from LeMars to Yankton, Dakota,
via Akron, 10 IN assured faot. those in
terested in the scheme having opened
negotiations for q standard gage road
aud no efforts Will be spared to push the
thing through at the earliest opportunity.
AS the @. st. P. M 0. railwey cannot
| obtain the lease Of the Illinois Central
track, it is pretty certain that they will
lay track Of their own at once.
SOUTHWARK MOVEMENTS.
Meanwhile southern corporations are
not idle. It having been settled that
the Union Pacific mnst Withdraw from
building operations because of the fall
ure of its extension bill in congress,
other corporations are coming in to oc-
cupy the field of northern Nebraska, a
special from Wayne, Nebraska, relates:
The Wayne board Of trade appointed a
committee to confer with the Union
Pacific management in reference to the
reported suspension OF building opera
tions where contracts are not actually
let, and the committee reported that 30
far aB it could ascertain the Union
Pacific had decided to suspend all build.
ing operations for this year, and that
any conference with the officials would
be useless. I'm. A. B. Slater, . mem
Der of the committee, reported that he
had word from Mr.. Clark, OF the Missouri
Pacific, that his company had not yet
declded whether the northern extension
would be built this year or not, and that
he would inform him as soon as definite
action had been taken.
The closing portion OF this item is im-
portsnt. Il refers to the projected
Omaha & Yankton line. which Mr.. CLARK
has been urging for several years and Is
now IN a position to build, having be-
come superintendent of the Missouri
Pacific. Wayne, which 10 on a direct line
between Yankton and Omaha, Is moving
for q position upon this road and the
foregoing is given as the outcome OF
Wsyne's efforts.
KANSAS, NEBRASKA . DAKOTA.
This is o corporation which last year
organized to build from Fort Ecott,
Kansas, via Yankton, Into Dakota. 1t
began construction last season and built
from Fort SCOTT to Topeka and VAS then
absorbed by the Missouri Pacific. which
purposes carrying out the original de-
sign and in addition making the line a
short cut from the fer northwest to the
gulf. Samuel Rushmore, Of Topeka, q
former resident Of Yankton, who ia in
town to-day, says this road will be built
northward into Dakota,a as contemplated,
and with no delay. This project
and the Omaha project
carried ont will render Yankton a juno
ton point Of the Missouri Pacific and 9
river crossing must be established by
that road.
WESTWARD FROM YAEKToN.
Nothing new has developed relative
to the intentions OF the Northwestern
westward from Ysnkton. The people OF
southern Bon Homme county express
strong hopes OF securing this extension
and now the people of Tyndail are il
the field. The Tyndall Tribune OF thu
week gives the following:
Tyndairs business mon are consider.
ing projects to induce the Northwestern